Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided Canal St. in lower Manhattan Saturday afternoon again, arresting a West African migrant street vendor allegedly selling counterfeit goods.

The arrest, at Canal St. near Broadway around noon, came only about 15 minutes after the NYPD had completed its own vendor enforcement action on the bustling strip — known as the go-to spot for fake Louis Vuitton and Gucci handbags and Beats headphones.

Sending vendors fleeing, NYPD officers hit the location twice — starting at 11 a.m., making one arrest about a half hour later — in the hour right before the ICE arrest. But the NYPD had no interaction with the federal agents and the ICE investigation was unrelated to the NYPD, according to police sources.

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for

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